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vortexmagus
[
www.huffingtonpost.ca] - Chinese State Media blasting Trump
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www.bbc.com] - China warns that challenge to One China policy may result in war in the Taiwan strait
While your article does discuss the support of some Chinese people for Trump, notably among the business elite, I think you are badly mistaken to characterize it as widespread or even remotely significant. The whole reason there's even an article about it is because it's such a surprising position to take. China is very far left and is not a very big fan of the Republican party in general, or any of its candidates.
You're the one claiming widespread disdain for Trump. I admit he is probably hated now after his call Taiwan, but before that? According to this very non scientific survey, he had 45% favorable or very favorable rating: [
m.scmp.com]
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I'm hoping Trump is setting up fair trade legislation.
Personally, I'll be happy if nothing in regards to China changes. He's promised a stronger economy, and I see the economy going nowhere but down if he decides to get into an economic and diplomatic pissing match with one of our biggest trading partners AND one of the largest developing markets in the world.
It's late and I'm too tired to explain this in a way that might get through to you, so I'll just say this: mercantilism/protectionism is working for China. We're already in a trade war, and we're losing badly because the free trade crowd doesn't care about nation states.
A part of me is sincerely glad that so many Chinese are being pulled out of base poverty. That's really wonderful. But I'm not looking forward to seeing my friends and family in the U.S. follow in the footsteps of bankrupt economies like Argentina, Greece, and Venezuela. It might be 50 years away, or 100, but it will happen unless something drastic changes. We can't sustain the same trajectory we've had for the last 40 years, where we build up every third-world country in the world. We've done Taiwan, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Japan (all of which have stagnant wages for their workers now as cheaper labor is found in other countries). We can't afford to do this for the rest of the world. We're buying without building. Our credit will eventually run out.
- Paul
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